Given that auctioneer bid calling (and online “bid calling”) obviously creates contracts, our question today involves if a high bidder...

Yes, absolutely, live bid calling (and even online auctions) create contracts. One such contract is when the auctioneer (or software)...

It’s unfortunate that yet again we have to note that horrible advice was fortunately countered by the West Virginia Supreme Court of...

I noted a preposterous proposal — that given there has been so much land purchased by “foreigners” in the United States auctioneers can...

Auctioneers and auction companies sell a wide variety of properties worldwide. In the United States, a wide variety of specialized...

Could an auctioneer say that except for what he expresses (at a certain time) buyers cannot rely on anything else he expresses (at other...

I’ve not seen such a defense of malfeasance but I would guess this is how it would play out. If an auctioneer was guilty of a crime, the...

Auctioneers typically selling property online conduct an auction with a “soft close” As such, if a bid is placed near the end of the...

We started using a marketing strategy in the early 1990s where we advertised to property owners that we could sell their property “for...

Many auctioneers conduct simulcast auctions with online and live bidding occurring at the same time. These same auctioneers often allow...

Yes, prices do indeed go up somewhat frequently. We noted in 2020 that prices did go up for many auctioneers, and we were surprised by...

Let’s say this picture is an actual fork, marked “sterling silver.” Sterling silver here in the United States is generally by weight...

We have conducted thousands of auctions, and taught auction bid calling techniques around the United States, and testified in several...

All too often, a high bidder retracts his bid, and the previous bidder is made the high bidder without his knowledge or consent. Is...

I wonder sometimes. Are we real estate (real property) auctioneers working for our client’s best interest or our own? We’ve sold real...

If there’s been one consistent message I’ve tried to deliver over the past 10 years or more — it’s that when auctioneers are selling...

The short answer is, “yes.” Relatedly, this has been going on for as long as auctions have been used to sell property in the...

If you have participated in a live or online auction, the auctioneer’s “chant” nor the online platform is generally placing bids. We say...

In the case of Kline v. Fineberg, 481 So. 2d 108, 109 n.1 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985) the court analyzed what happened at the auction. ...

The argument is, essentially, if an auctioneer is to maximize price for the seller, and a bid comes in “while the hammer is falling in...